Coin-counting device



Hf 'GROHE com couNTmG ofvlce. A .APPLICATION FIL'ED DEC. 24, I9I9.

Patentedy Dec. 13, 1921.

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' coin-conivriive DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 24, 1919,l Serial No. 347,177.

To all whom/t may concern.' Be it known that I, HORACE Gnorij'a citizen of the United statearesiding at l/Vilmington, New Castle county, State of Delaware, have inventeda certainnew and useful Improvement in Coin-Counting Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. f .l

My invention relates to improvements in coin counting devices and has for its object toprovide a simple apparatus for'counting coins. y

It further has' for its object to provide an apparatus whichV enables the rapid examination of coins to detect the presence of any imperfect or foreign coins or counters.

The following Ais a description -of an embodiment of my invention,A reference 'being' had to the accompanying drawings in which, y

`Figure l shows. a plan View of my ap- Fig 2 shows a frontelevation of the sameVv partly` in section;

Fig. 3 shows a section on the line Fig..2; f

Fig. i shows a similar section with the parts in different position;

Fig. 5 shows a detailed section through the distributing device;- and,

Fig. 6 shows the distributing device in perspective.

Referring more particularly to the draw-v p ings, 1 is a hollow base having hinged thereto adjacent to its upperedge a dumping plate 2, normallyheld in horizontal position by a spring Band from which when depressed coins are adapted to slide into a receiving and discharging trough 4 supported by the base. Upon Ythe upper surface of the base is a grille 5 preferably composed of metallic side bars 6 connected by cross-bars 7, the cross-bars being spaced apart so as to provide spaces or traps having openings of approximately the size of the coins 8 to be counted. rllhe extremities of the grille are provided with platforms 9-9 over which the distributer-hereinafter referred to rests at the end of eachreciprocation.

member flaring at both top and bottom and of a diameter sufficient to receive the coins to be counted so that they will easily pass therethrough, the diameter ofthe body portion being slightly larger than the diameter of the coins and approximately the same as 10 is the i distributer, the same consisting of a tubular- PatentedDec. i

fthe distance between the crosslbars r7. This,TV i

distributer is provided `with lateral eX- tensions 11, which' fitin4 grooved bars 12r carried by the base so that the distributer tureyto the other;

can slide thereon'from oneendof the strucf 'v Pivot'ally mounted lin the base at each end is a1U-sliaped lever 13- which is connected by a link lllwith the end of the 'dumping platefjQ.. lThe lever 13-is inclinedfdownwa'rdly-,as shown so that -v when "the distributer 10 comes,A

A lin contact :therewith and is .still further, moved it depresses the lever 18, there-- by acting through the link 14 to depress the 170 dumping plate 2 so as'to` dumplanycoinsl which'may be resting uponthe plate intoth'e lower end. n

In operating thisdevicefthe vcoins to be counted are placed'within the distributer 10,

said distributer bein'gat'that ltime upon i oneof theplatformsj 9.1- The Adistributerflf.) is then moved to the other platform; result@ V ing in the depositing of `a coin in'each'of thespacesbetw'een the bars 7. These; coins are thus exposed to view, and if therey are ten spaces itis evident that ten coins have been discharged to the dumping plate. lifter they have been examined, which for an experienced person takesbut a moment of time, the distributer 10 is moved still farT the@ in the same direction until it 'engages the spring 13 at that end, causing the plate to dump andy discharging the coins into the chute or trough. Thereupon the distributer chute 4, from which they discharge atthee is moved in the other direction until it vreaches theother platform 9, where it is halted until the examination of the coins i quickly counted and examined in a short..

time, thus expediting the work to be done. This device can-be made of various sizes and the height and diameter of the distributer can be variedso that devices can be adapted for coins ofn different sizesand for different capacities. The coins to be counted are supposed to be ofthe same denomination and can be fed to the distributer by any suitable means.l The coins are caught in the trap openings formed by the grille, the forward edge of the coin dropping therein and the'coin being pushed along until it yfalls entirely within the opening. The flaring coin.

lower end of the distributer aids in the depositing of the coins in the traps, since it permits a more free dropping of the lower The bars in the grille are of such a thickness, vertically, that when a coin is in a trap the bars are out of contact with the next succeeding coin within the dis-` tributer.

If any false or defective coins are re# placed, the coins can be counted by keeping track mentally or mechanically of the number of reciprocations of the distributer.

As will be evident to those skilled in the art, my invention permits of various modiications without departing from the spirit thereof or the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is: l

l. In acoin counting device, the combination of a base, a dumping plate supported thereby, a coin trap having a series of openings located above said dumping plate, a distributer adapted to receive coins and slide over said openings, means for guiding said distributer, and means lying in the path of said distributer and adapted to be engaged thereby and automatically actuated by said distributer when it passes said series of openings so as to dump said plate.

2. In a coin counting device, the combination of a base, a dumping plate supported thereby, a coin trap having a series of openings located above said dumping plate, a

' distributer adapted to receive coins and slide over said openings, means for guiding said distributer, means lying in the path of said distributer and adapted to be engaged thereby and automatically actuated by said distributer when it passes said series of openings so as to dump said plate, and similar means for dumping said plate situated at the other end.

3. In a coin counting device, the combina tion of a base, a dumping plate supported thereby, a coin trap having a series of openlgs located above said dumping plate, a distributer adapted to receive coins and slide over said openings, means for guiding said distributer, and means comprising a lever eX- tending into the path of said distributer and adapted to be engaged thereby and automatically operated by said distributer when it passes said series of openings so as to dump said plate. 4. Ina coin counting device, the combination of a base, a dumping plate supported thereby and pivoted thereto, a spring normally holding said plate in horizontal position, a coin trap having a series of openings located above said dumping plate, a distributer adapted to receive coins and slide over said openings, means for guiding said distributer, a downwardly pointing lever pivoted to said base and connected' to said dumping plate so that when said lever is depressed it tilts said dumping plate, the lower end of said lever lying in vthe path of said distributer and being engaged so as to be depressed thereby when said distributer passes said series of openings.

HORACE GROFF. 

